🏡 Meet the Mayor #5!
🥖 Tried @rollin_pho in Mount Waverley for lunch today.
🤖 AI is already changing the way many people work, learn and find information.
💐 Happy Mother’s Day to all the mums, grandmothers, step-mums, carers, and mother figures out there today.
🎾 Officially opened the redeveloped Glenburn Tennis Courts this week.
🍽️ Popped into the Oakleigh Carnegie RSL for the Friday 6pm members draw.
POV: If I was 100% there I wouldn’t be seeing this message 🤔
📈 Ratepayer bills will go up if councils are forced to introduce a fourth purple glass bin across Victoria.
Recently our traffic engineering team relocated offices and found this gem from pre 1994.
🚀 Good energy in the room yesterday!
Our community is full of people doing incredible things every day.
🎓 Great night at the @wesleycollege_melbourne 160th Founders Day Gala.
🎓 Never too late to learn
Meet the Mayor #4 - the final one in Hughesdale.
Ever wondered what these green containers are that are randomly scattered through local streets?
🏥 Great to join the Monash Precinct Network event last Thursday.
🔴🔵 Red and blue, hard not to love it.
This is disgraceful from @newscomauhq . His wife was in labour.
🏉 Footy for everyone.
This one was in Oakleigh, around Schoolhall Street, as I keep working my way through Hughesdale, Oakleigh and Huntingdale.
Thanks to everyone who stopped for a chat or to raise local issues.
Next Saturday I’ll be in Wilson Street at 3pm. Check my Facebook events or your letterbox for details.
A little off the beaten track, tucked away in the Urban Acres business park off Forster Rd, but definitely worth the diversion.
Went the crispy pork bánh mì roll. Absolutely delicious. Hard choice though, the pho coming out to other tables looked amazing too.
Always good finding another quality local spot. Will definitely be back. 🍜
It can be incredibly useful. It can save time, explain complex topics, summarise hundreds of pages, and help people get started when they’re stuck.
But it can also sound very confident while being completely wrong.
That’s the danger.
AI isn’t a source of truth, it’s a tool.
Fact check. Cross reference. Use multiple sources.
Especially when it matters.
A special shout out to my own mum; pictured here with Dad, my brother and I. Thanks for everything over the years, the support, the patience, the sacrifices, and the love. So much of who we become starts at home.
Hope everyone got the chance to spend some time with family today, and to celebrate the incredible mums in their lives. 💕
A fantastic local upgrade for players, families and volunteers; with new courts, improved lighting and easier casual access for the broader community.
Community sport matters, and so do the volunteers who keep clubs like this running every week. 👏
Steak and veggies, a proper pub meal, hit the spot.
But what really stands out, is that this one of the few RSLs in Victoria without pokies. That matters.
If you’re looking for a good local feed and a place worth backing, this is one to support.
There’s a smarter and cheaper alternative already working.
This local legend is Alan. He’s helping the Glen Waverley Bowls Club raise funds through Victoria’s Container Deposit Scheme, helping look after the club’s champions’ trophies. 🏆
More than 17 million cans and bottles were returned at Monash collection points in just six months last year.
That’s why Monash is joining other councils to push for glass wine and spirits bottles to be added to the Container Deposit Scheme instead of forcing councils to introduce another costly bin system.
If you agree, sign the petition. Link in my bio!
No idea what it was made of, but this sign was so incredibly heavy, easily 20kg, but it’s still going strong more than 30 years later.
Launched Start Up, Invest and Grow in Monash 2026; bringing together local businesses, founders and partners.
Monash is a serious economic engine, 25,641 businesses, 133,490 jobs, and over $20.17 billion in output. The largest employment hub outside Melbourne’s CBD in Victoria, and with more people working from home, arguably the biggest full stop.
Programs like this help turn that strength into new ideas, new jobs, and real opportunities.
Plenty happening across May if you’re keen to get involved.
The Sir John Monash Awards are your chance to recognise someone who is making a positive difference to people who live in Monash, like 2025 Outstanding Leadership winners, Natasha and George Brusco, whose commitment and leadership have made a meaningful difference.
The Sir John Monash Awards are your chance to recognise someone who goes above and beyond for others.
Nominations close Monday 11 May - don’t miss the opportunity to say thank you.
For more information and to nominate: monash.vic.gov.au/awards
As an alumnus, it’s always a bit special walking back in. Familiar feel, even after all these years; the same sense of community, pride, and history.
A chance to catch up with old faces, meet new ones, and be reminded how many different paths start from the same place.
160 years is a remarkable milestone, a real testament to the generations of people, past and present, who’ve shaped the school into what it is today.
Proud to be there as Mayor of Monash, recognising the role schools like Wesley play in shaping our community and generations to come.
Ran in to someone the other week who couldn’t believe I didn’t know about U3A Waverley, so I popped in to say hello.
What a fantastic local organisation, supporting lifelong learning for people in retirement or semi-retirement, run by volunteers, for the community.
$60 annual membership, then access to as many classes as you like, everything from languages and history to art, music, current affairs, bridge and exercise.
Based at Batesford Hub, it’s a great local way to stay active, connected and keep learning.
Thanks to all the residents who came out to discuss local issues. I’ve got a bit to follow up on.
Another coming up on May 16, 12:30-1:30 in Schoolhall Street, Oakleigh.
They’re not normally next to a post box, although this one is in Dallas Street.
These are used as central collection points by posties. They’d pick up a stack of letters, do a round and return to pick up their next stack of letters.
Monash is Victoria’s biggest employment hub outside the CBD, and events like this show what’s possible when business, government, education and research come together.
A big thank you to Minister @brooksymp for being there and taking the time to hear directly from the people and organisations driving innovation, jobs and growth across our region.
The opportunity in Monash is enormous, and the more we connect our precincts, businesses and institutions, the stronger our local economy will be.
Proud to keep backing the people doing this work. 👏
Great to officially open the new scoreboard for the @monashdemons All Abilities team.
A fantastic result for the club, and huge thanks to @mattfregonmp for securing the $75,000 funding to make it happen.
Community sport at its best, inclusive, welcoming, and built around belonging.
Well done to everyone involved 👏
Calling childbirth “wife drama” is lazy, sexist and deeply disrespectful.
Words matter, especially from a news organisation. Headlines shape attitudes. They can either challenge misogyny, or quietly reinforce it.
This one reinforced it.
Do better.
Great to be with the @mazenodpanthers , a club that genuinely lives that idea.
Sport isn’t just about the scoreboard. It’s about belonging, confidence, friendships, and being part of something bigger. That’s exactly what the Panthers create every week.
A space where people with intellectual disabilities can play, compete, and just enjoy the game, surrounded by a strong, supportive community.
Huge credit to the players, families, volunteers and coaches who make it all happen 👏
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